WMU golf opens at Mary Fossum Invitational

KALAMAZOO, MI - The WMU golf team will play in its first tournament of the
season this weekend at the 2012 Mary Fossum Invitational hosted by Michigan
State University at the Forest Akers West Golf Course.

The tournament is a two-day event that will start at 9
a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15 and 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16. Saturday WMU will
play 36-holes, and then play 18-holes on Sunday. The par 72 course spans 6,236
yards.

Golf Digest gave
Forest Akers West Course a four and a half star rating. The Detroit
News ranked Forest Akers West Course
number six in the state of Michigan's public courses. The Lansing
State Journal gave Forest Akers West Course
first place in their Best of the Best rankings for the past two years.